Joan Mir’s agent denies pre-contracts with Honda and Suzuki

In recent days rumors have come about Joan Mir’s alleged pre-contracts with Honda and Suzuki for a possible promotion to MotoGP. The Moto3 title champion meets the first season in Moto2 with Marc VDS, but already arouses attention in the premier class and the promotion already in 2019 isn’t totally out of hypothesis.

After the rumors, Mir’s manager, Paco Sánchez, assured Teledeporte that there is no agreement signed with any MotoGP teams, currently undergoing talks with all the manufacturers:

– What I can say is that it isn’t correct. There is no pre-contract signed with HRC. I also read Carlo Pernat at the GPOne saying there is a pre-contract signed with Suzuki. There is nothing correct in this. For now I’m working, we’re talking to several teams, with all MotoGP brands because they’ve all been interested in Joan and we’re evaluating the offerings of each of the brands.

The agent also explained that the future of the #36 is totally open considering the state of the market at the moment and the fact that there is no established bond: ‘We are seeing the pros and cons, talking about it with Joan… But, at the moment, there are also other important riders on the market. So we can’t say that it’s already done if there are riders in the market like Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Iannone, Danilo Petrucci… riders who have won races, who have made podiums, who have a track record behind them. We can’t make the mistake of saying it’s done when there’s nothing signed up’.